the trees took their cue
from the cold snap and
their leaves started
their silent descent
I think this is our first
gray day of winter
even the streetlight is
lost in the sky behind it
which made me reflect
I have never blended in
or stood out not that it
really matters
the weather and the
changing seasons never
depress me but it is
the wind that reminds
me of where I have been
and my failures in life
which are the stepping-
stones between the
victories along the way
and the victories to come
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I dreamed of writing during my teenage and college years, but my plans were put on hold in 1965 when I entered the Army. Somehow, a four year enlistment into the Army Security Agency turned into a career! While serving in the Army, my writing skills were honed in assignment after fascinating assignment, e.g., language analyst, basic training drill sergeant, small unit tactics (Cavalry) instructor, Pershing operations sergeant, to name a few. I served as a Vietnamese, Cambodian, and German linguist with tours in Vietnam, Thailand, and Germany. Over twenty years later, I retired from the military and continued to write full time for industry and the private sector.
I have returned to the passion of my youth to write the thoughts of my heart in excellent poetry and fiction. (See the Short Bio page for more backstory.)
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